The Spy, Paulo Coelho
The Spy, Paulo Coelho
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The Spy
A novel

Author: Paulo Coelho

Narrator: Hillary Huber, Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 3 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/22/2016


Synopsis

In his new novel, Paulo Coelho, bestselling author of The Alchemist and Adultery, brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari. 

HER ONLY CRIME WAS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN
 
When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless.  Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city.
 
As a dancer, she shocked and delighted audiences; as a courtesan, she bewitched the era’s richest and most powerful men.
 
But as paranoia consumed a country at war, Mata Hari’s lifestyle brought her under suspicion. In 1917, she was arrested in her hotel room on the Champs Elysees, and accused of espionage.
 
Told in Mata Hari’s voice through her final letter, The Spy is the unforgettable story of a woman who dared to defy convention and who paid the ultimate price.

About The Author

PAULO COELHO’s life remains the primary source of inspiration for his books. He has flirted with death, escaped madness, dallied with drugs, withstood torture, experimented with magic and alchemy, studied philosophy and religion, read voraciously, lost and recovered his faith, and experienced the pain and pleasure of love. In searching for his own place in the world, he has discovered answers for the challenges that everyone faces. He believes that, within ourselves, we have the necessary strength to find our own destiny. His most recent novel Adultery was a worldwide bestseller. His 1988 novel The Alchemist has sold more than 65 million copies and has been cited as an inspiration by people as diverse as Malala Yousafzai and Pharrell Williams. Paulo Coelho has sold more than 200 million books worldwide. His work is published in 81 languages, and he is the most translated living author in the world.


Reviews

Mata Hari really deserves better than she has been getting in the literary department. First there was Mata Hari’s Last Dance by Michelle Moran that made her inexplicably obtuse and naive considering her accomplishments. Now Paulo Coelho gives us The Spy which seems to be nothing more than a contriv......more

Goodreads review by Issa

فتاة ولدت في أسرة غنية وما تريده تحصل عليه وحتى تجد من يدافع على افعالها. تتعرض الاسرة الى أزمة مالية فتصبح الفتاة تبحث عن الهروب من الواقع الذي تعيشه. تريد الشهرة والمال فوجدتها في باريس وعن طريق الرقص والتعري تحت اسم الفن. ومرافقة الأغنياء والنوم معهم. تتهم بالجاسوسية وتصبح ضحية الحرب الذي لابد من ضح......more

Goodreads review by Natalie

“I am a woman who was born at the wrong time and nothing can be done to fix this. I don’t know if the future will remember me, but if it does, may it never see me as a victim, but as someone who moved forward with courage, fearlessly paying the price she had to pay.” I picked this one up randomly at......more


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Praise for Paulo Coelho and The Spy
 
“[The Spy is a] masterful new novel.” --Bookpage
 
“Coelho, whose books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, has taken the Mata Hara story and fashioned it into a short dynamo of a novel.” --Los Angeles Times
 
“A striking novel. . . . By the end, readers will believe they’ve read [Mata Hari’s] actual letters.” --Publisher’s Weekly
 
“Coelho has created a portrait of an anachronistic woman, who was destroyed by her times and became a legend.” --Paste Magazine
 
“A novelist who writes in a universal language.” --The New York Times
 
“Spiritualists and wanderlusts will eagerly devour . . . [Coelho’s] search for all things meaningful.” --The Washington Post